Appeal No. 2001-1088 Page 3
Application No. 08/879,140
Claims 7, 8, 9 and 19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103 as being unpatentable over Wolfgang '875 in view of
Matsuda Wolfgang '615.
Claim 16 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Wolfgang '875 in view of Matsuda and
Teruhisa.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellant regarding the above-noted
rejections, we make reference to the answer (Paper No. 21,
mailed May 17, 2000) for the examiner's complete reasoning in
support of the rejections, and to the brief (Paper No. 20,
filed March 7, 2000) and reply brief (Paper No. 23, filed July
17, 2000) for the appellant's arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
careful consideration to the appellant's specification and
claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the
respective positions articulated by the appellant and the
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